(07-13-2020 07:04 PM)CrazyPaco Wrote:  

(07-13-2020 02:46 PM)MidknightWhiskey Wrote:  I kind of feel like the ACC is at a crossroads similar to the old Big East. It's essentially become a pseudo hybrid conference with basketball first schools pulling one way and football first schools pulling the other.

No, the ACC is not remotely close to the internal political issues that pervaded the Big East.

Agreed.

(07-13-2020 07:04 PM)CrazyPaco Wrote:  

(07-13-2020 02:46 PM)MidknightWhiskey Wrote:  I kind of feel like the ACC is at a crossroads similar to the old Big East. It's essentially become a pseudo hybrid conference with basketball first schools pulling one way and football first schools pulling the other.

No, the ACC is not remotely close to the internal political issues that pervaded the Big East.

The old Big East makes the ACC look like the Big Ten.

(07-13-2020 02:46 PM)MidknightWhiskey Wrote:  I kind of feel like the ACC is at a crossroads similar to the old Big East. It's essentially become a pseudo hybrid conference with basketball first schools pulling one way and football first schools pulling the other.

Except the ACC features a “basketball school” with a football program lead by a national title winning coach and the 3rd best recruiting class.

(07-14-2020 07:40 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(07-13-2020 02:46 PM)MidknightWhiskey Wrote:  I kind of feel like the ACC is at a crossroads similar to the old Big East. It's essentially become a pseudo hybrid conference with basketball first schools pulling one way and football first schools pulling the other.

Except the ACC features a “basketball school” with a football program lead by a national title winning coach and the 3rd best recruiting class.

Critically, the ACC is committed under a grant of rights agreement to play together until 2037. The Big East seem to face a major crisis every 5-8 years:

1981 - Penn State tries to lure away Syracuse and BC for an Eastern all sports conference. Solution - add Pittsburgh
1989 - Penn State joins the Big Ten, leaving the Eastern independents without a flagship football program. Solution - invite Miami and form the Big East Football Conference
1994 - CBS offers the Big East football schools a major television contract, creating the risk that the conference will break up. Solution - invite Rutgers and West Virginia as full members.
1999 - CBS declines to renew TV deal; Miami and Virginia Tech rumored to be targeted by the ACC. Solution - offer unbalanced revenue sharing to provide Miami greater TV revenue; invite Virginia Tech as a full member.
2003 - ACC raids Big East, eventually inviting Miami, Virginia Tech and BC. Response - invite Louisville, Cincinnati and USF for all sports, Marquette and DePaul for basketball only; sign "prenup" establishing ground rules for potential future divorce.
2010 - Big East struggles in its efforts to obtain a competitive TV deal and at risk of losing AQ status in the BCS. Response - add TCU in all sports and explore candidates for 10th all sports member.
2011 - Lose SU, Pittsburgh, WVU and TCU. Response - Add Houston, SMU and UCF in all sports, Boise St. and San Diego St. for football only; Later add Navy (football only), Memphis and Temple.
2012 - Lose ND, Rutgers and Louisville. Solution - split football schools and basketball schools into separate conferences.

While the ACC may experience some internal tensions, the fact that we are committed to staying together for such a long period means that we all need to work together rather than exploring individual options.